High nitrate levels have been found in groundwater of 440 districts across India, with 20 per cent of the samples collected exceeding the permissible nitrate concentration, the Central Ground Water......
Moving ahead with its 'one nation, one election' plan, the government on Wednesday accepted a high-level panel's recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies......
Independence Day was celebrated across states and Union territories on Thursday, as several chief ministers announced job schemes while some others vowed their support for Prime Minister Narendra......
The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned the chief secretaries and finance secretaries of 16 states for non-compliance with the Second National Judicial Pay Commission recommendations on the payment......
The rains after arriving over Kerala will quickly cover Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, but then might slacken a bit, which could delay its arrival over Northwest India. IMAGE: People with umbrellas......
It’s still early days, but the southwest monsoon has been nearly 37 per cent ‘below normal’ in the first seven days (June 1-7) of this month. Photograph: Cathal......
The Centre will release Rs 95,082 crore as tax devolution to the states this month after including one advance instalment to help them push their capital expenditure, Finance Minister Nirmala......
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved public private partnership mode for the rollout of BharatNet project for broadband services in villages in 16 states with viability gap funding of Rs 19,041 crore,......
This may leave those not opting for any of the two options offered by the Centre before the GST Council meet scheduled for October 5 in the lurch. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Centre......
Summary of all Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday IMAGE: Saurashtra's wicket-keeper batsman Sheldon Jackson scored 61 runs against Mumbai in Rajkot on Saturday. Photograph: Sheldon......